Hull-loss description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | 24 OCT 2005 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO |
| Operator: | J. Swain |
| Registration: | N7500A |
| C/n / msn: | 11693 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Opa-Locka Airport, FL (OPF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Sustained substantial damage during hurricane Wilma. The tail fin was ripped off and the DC-3 sustained damage to the nose and right hand wing tip.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
